Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer does its best to throw punches in bunches [Video]

Combining video games with exercise is an ambitious challenge, but Fitness Boxing 3: Your Personal Trainer steps into the ring aiming to make cardio workouts engaging and accessible. While it won’t turn you into a championship boxer, it succeeds as a fun way to burn calories, get moving, and break a sweat—all without leaving your living room.

It is odd that a new fitness-based Joy-Con game is entering the 2024 gaming arena and as a result, it does feel a little late to the party. The game does admittedly have rather scaled-back visuals and a basic soundtrack that does what it says on the box, and little else. At the end of the day, it won’t turn you into a protein-guzzling gym junkie, but it will however prove to be a fantastic first entry point into a fitness journey that you can do from the comfort of your own home. 

Punches, Progress and Promises

The game skips narrative and world-building …